If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association Forum, we hope you like what you find here and we strongly encourage you to register for an account with us, especially if you are from Pennsylvania. Once registered you will have access to participate in our community. Thanks for visiting and we hope you become a regular!

Would you choose a shield 9mm over a G19?

Just wondering what would people choose over the 2. I know this is a direct comparison due to the shield being single stack, smaller, etc. I know most of the advantages and disadvantages of both. Just straight which would you choose. I have an opportunity to buy a shield 9 but would mean me getting rid of my G19.

Re: Would you choose a shield 9mm over a G19?

If your G19 is with you every day of your life regardless of what you're wearing and where you'll be, there is no problem for the Shield to fix. If there's some days where the shirt you're wearing has to be tucked in and you don't have a jacket or sweater vest, pants fit too tight and/or pocket is too small, or occasion you're going to is too full of hugs and/or prying eyes, and thus your G19 stays at home on those days, then the Shield will likely be with you on days you'd otherwise have nothing. That's where the Shield wins and thus its primary mission, to be able to carry in more places and more days of the year and/or with greater ease and comfort.

"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." -- Ted Nugent

Re: Would you choose a shield 9mm over a G19?

Simply - NO.

My 19 is my EDC gun, I had a chance to pick up a Shield S&W 9mm for FREE - and declined to take it. Kept my Walther PPS 9mm for my "I'm not carrying a gun" gun instead. (And I don't like the flip/flap mag release on the PPS).

If S&W ever decides (and that might be a big EVER) to come out with the Shield without the external safety - I might look at one then.

But I personally would not have a micro gun as my EDC gun. Yes, there are some situations where the micro's are applicable, but for me; I want my EDC gun to be a "real" size gun.

Re: Would you choose a shield 9mm over a G19?

I have both. 80% of the time I carry the G19 or both. 20% for the shield 9mm alone.

For me....the Glock feels like firepower and the Shield feels like it's better than nothing. Glock goes OWB Serpa retention or IWB Desantis. Shield is in my cargo shorts while mowing the lawn or in my sweatpants pocket when lounging around the house. I would never carry the Glock sans holster but the external safety on the Shield is much less foreboding than I thought. Feels secure but it's a quick thumb swipe while raising the gun and it is off.

Re: Would you choose a shield 9mm over a G19?

I like to have a pocket gun for those deep concealment occasions, and a duty or full size otherwise. I wouldn't want to pick one or the other. I personally chose to save up and have both. Good luck with your decision.